- a tribute to "I'll crush you with my bare hands !" Less fangs, more actual hands. The left hand is made from the missile ; it is now the Panzer Faust. It can still shoot like a missile, to penetrate Autobot armour and rip its spark out.

- A new head ; while I like Megatron's detailed headmold, imo, it is a bit too big for this oversized "Deluxe" Megatron. Wreckage's headsculpt reminds me more of the classic bucket helmet style of G1 Megs.

Mission PROBLEM : I sliced off the neck balljoint... to glue on Wreckage's neck balljoint... but with the glue I have it wouldn't hold.... so... unless I don't get the right glue.... this custom will still be an epic fail

You could always glue a magnet on to the neck and head and go that route...or hollow out a "cradle" with your dremel and create a spot for a new ball joint set up to sit..maybe a Gundam neck joint would work.

You could always glue a magnet on to the neck and head and go that route...or hollow out a "cradle" with your dremel and create a spot for a new ball joint set up to sit..maybe a Gundam neck joint would work.

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Thanks ! I'll look into any solution... but since, I'm only a beginner when it comes to this stuff (don't even have a dremel atm ) ...I'll have to see how it goes. Will try to find super plastic glue tomorrow....

Anyway...IF i manage to solve this problemm, I'll repaint the Wreckage head... to fit this Megatron...

I would recommend Zap-A-Gap for the glue. It's great on plastic, but to make the seam strong enough, what you can do to is drill a tiny hole up into the head and into the ball's stalk and join them with a stiff metal wire. That combined with the glue will be much stronger than glue alone. If the ball joint is too stiff and keeps ripping the seam, you can lightly (and very carefully) sand the ball so that it's a little looser and easier on your seam.
Good luck on this. It is looking very cool!

Yep, you've made me like this mold as well!
(Damn, now I've got to go and buy it...)
AND we've got Radicons discussing military history to boot! Who says transformers aren't educational?
Oh, and how about some shots of ol' megs transformed?
Cheers!!

Another trick when glue doesn't work, similar to what Tom Servo suggested, would be to use a small screw.

Drill a small hole into the ball joint stem and into the spot left on the fig. Then, screw a small screw into the ball joint stem about half way or so. Then, use a dremel or wire cutters and cut the head off of the screw. You should have basically a ball joint on a screw now. Hopefully, you can just screw that into the hole you drilled into the figure. If you need to use a pair of pliers to grip the ball joint, wrap it in a paper towel or fabric to prevent damage from the plier threads. If you want it more secure, put some glue/epoxy on there too.

Some tips would be the drill needs to be a little smaller than the screw's thread size. You could also do it the other way - screw the screw into the base/fig and then 'screw' the ball joint on to it. And I would suggest working on some spare/junk parts before doing on the fig, just so you get the hang of it.

I ordered epoxy online. It should be on the way The stem of the
original ball joint seems a bit to short to drill insert any metal reinforcement,
so I guess I'll just epoxy-glue a new balljoint to it.

For anyone interested. Here's how I did the mod :
Just find some reasonable fists, then insert the missile into the launcher and mark it where the fist
will have to go ; then slice it at the marking and glue on the fist. Then, remove all the automorph
fangs from the right arm, including the gear. Slice off half the nozzle like I did, but you could also
remove it completely ; either way should free up a clean flat surface to glue on the right fist.

Furthermore, I found my G1 Hardhead who is in junker state, thus
I will use his barrel to serve as Dark Destroyer Megatron's arm cannon.
Of course, it will be repainted too.

Oh btw... sorry about no-show of altmode pics yet, but fall season has brought some nasty weather here
and it's no good to take some nice outside shots. But don't worry, I will make and post altmode pics eventually.